Was hlin e-pu lley



No. 62h93@l Patented Mar. 28, |1599.

A. BAsTlAN.

WASHLINE PULL EY.

(Application mad may i898.)

(No Model.)

i NiTnD TATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST BASTIAN, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

WASH LINE-PU LLEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 621,989, dated March 28, 1899.

Application filed May 6, 1898. Serial No. 679,940. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST BAsTIAN, acitzen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVashline-Pulleys; and I do declare the following to be a f ull,clear, and exact description of the' invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in supporting and clamping pulleys for wash or clothes lines; and the object is to provide a simple and convenient device for this purpose.

To this end the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts of the device, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts of the device in the several views.

The accompanying drawings show my invention in the best form now known to me; but many changes in the details might be made within the skill of a good mechanic without departing from the spirit of my invention as set forth in the claim at the end of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a plan view of my improved clothes-line pulley. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a transverse section. Fig. 4. shows the pulley open to receive thev rope or clothes-line.

l represents the upper and 2 the lower casing, which is provided on its outside with a pivoted link 3, which engages the'hooked end of the lever 4L, fulcrumed on the stud 5 and with its free end arranged to engage the pin 6, so as to hold the two sections together when in use.

7 denotes a grooved pulley j ournaled in the case 2, and 8 denotes a ratchet-wheel formed integral with the pulley and adapted to engage the spring-actuated pawl 9, fixed inthe case. 10 denotes a corresponding grooved pulley journaled in the upper casing 1, and it is also provided with an integral ratchetwheel 1l, which engages the pawl 12, fixed in the case.

13 denotes the clothes or wash line, which v is held in place between the grooved pulleys '7 and 10, arranged to move freely in the direction of the arrow shownin Fig. 2; but any back motion is prevented by the ratchetwheels.

14 14 denote the integral ears on the upper casing, by means of which it is tiXed to a suitable support, and 15 represents asimilar ear on the lower casing, by means of which it is pivoted to said support.

16 denotes a guide-loop on the lower casing, through which a set-screw 17 passes and by means of which the said lower section may be adjusted to either of the open or closed positions shown in the drawings.

It will thus be seen that a double means is provided to impart the requisite tension or pressure to the rope or line, rst, by means of the link 3 and lever 4,.and, secondly, by means of the guide-loop 16 and set-screw 17.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is@- The iXed casing 1, the grooved pulley and ratchetwheel journaled therein, and the spring-actuated pawl engaging said ratchetwheel, in combination with the adjustable casing 2, the grooved pulley and ratchetwheel journaled therein, and the spring-actuated pawl engaging said ratchet-wheel,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in pres-ence of two subscribing wit- IleSSGS.

AUGUST BASTAN. Witnesses:

ALBERT WEsTPHAL, LEONARD FREDRICH. 

